Hi,
I came across the following problem. I made a tiff render with alpha enabled.
When I loaded this into Photoshop, my background was gone. Only the object itself remained.
This was PS CS5
To solve this:
go to > Layer > Layer Mask > From Transparency.
Then go to the layers on the right, and disable the mask (right-click on mask > disable Layer Mask)
good luck!
(this is because it's not really an alpha channel, but more a transparency to tiff)
Thanks for that one, was wondering how to work around this.
Thanks for clearing that ... I had to render the background separately, it takes only seconds but it's still annoying ...
How can I do this in other softwares, I use Pain.NET but any other software should be fine ...
I appreciate your help ...
Hi w.wolf,
You can uncheck "Include alpha" under the render tab to have the background show up in any software.
Thanks Chad, but that isn't what I am looking for, I want the transparency and the background, in other words how do I turn off the mask, that's why they use tiff ...
I am after this functionality aswell.
The Alpha Channel disappears when you open it in Photoshop CS5
Is there a workaround for this?
Yep, like Robert V said...go to > Layer > Layer Mask > From Transparency
This will show the layer mask, but also if you go into channels the alpha channel is now visible.
This is a PS CS5 thing and not a Keyshot. I recorded this move as an action (including adjusting the alpha channel to be true white and black so I get a solid selection), so now I just quick-key it every time I open a tiff. Works like a charm.